Description
Buffer overflow in the vararg functions in ldo.c in Lua 5.1 through 5.2.x before 5.2.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a small number of arguments to a function with a large number of fixed arguments.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016Third Party Advisory
- http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0414.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61411
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3015Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3016Third Party Advisory
- http://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.2.2-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:144Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/1Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/21/4Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2338-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-53
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-23
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 4, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified